On Sunday we went to Okemo to ski on an unseasonably warm February day. It was pleasant in temperature -- Colorado had been colder -- but because of a windy, rainy night beforehand the conditions were scratchy and icy on the top part of the main mountain. At the base area, things were slushy and unpleasant, and things were nothing at all like the advertised "packed powder" the website so cheerfully was claiming as of 6:44am. So after getting tired of having my skis fail to bite into the trail, I made my way down to the tuning shop where I had the edges sharpened up.
While that was happening I checked in on my sister and her friend who had decided to take lessons. It looked like they were having fun and making progress in gaining new skills. Afterwards we took them to Mountain Services to get them ID cards, although the new cards don't have as many of the special perks they used to give in previous years. Hopefully things will be colder for the big coming holiday week, they need to blow some snow to improve the trail conditions.
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